I was lying on my stomach naked from the waist up. Grabbing at the sheet covering me, I sat up too quickly, trying to see in the dark. I felt Ritter before I recognized the infirmary, and I let out a sigh of relief. Mari had gotten us to the safe house.“Did I wake you?” Ritter asked, his tone too...
“No,” Jeane protested. “I want to stay here. I deserve to know everything. You have to promise me that Lew will be okay.” “What about your brother?” Bedřich mocked. “Blood should be thicker than sex, even for a—” He said a word I didn’t understand, but Jeane apparently did. “You Czech pig!” She l...
Cort was right behind him, followed by the Maya we’d just talked to—or someone who looked enough like him to be his brother. He wasn’t wearing the colorful cloth bag, though, so maybe it wasn’t the same man.“Oh, it’s you.” Dimitri relaxed and lowered his gun as he saw Ritter. Jace and I skidded t...
Pain followed, just as stabbing and bright as the overhead lights. Keene knelt beside me, his lean face set. He pulled out the needle and inserted it again in another place and then another until all the liquid in the syringe was gone. “That better be some kind of painkiller,” I muttered. “Mixed ...
People stared at each other in confusion and worry. Two women and three men hurried to the windows. Murmurs started, and at least one woman fainted and had to be carried to a couch. Only Cardiff smiled, his eyes holding mine, his face arrogant and self-assured. Assured as I was when I took someon...
A live stream of local news coverage filled one corner, the sound turned low, and the rest was taken up with different websites. Behind our people stood Tenika Vasco, leader of the New York Renegades, a line of worry on her prominent forehead. Tonight, her many small braids were pulled from her f...
I wanted to be gone before Ritter arrived with the trailer of unconscious Hunters and insisted on coming with us. Truth was, I didn’t trust myself alone with him, and I was determined not to easily forget what he’d done. I hadn’t asked for undying devotion or anything so awkward as that. I’d simp...
Just by linking with her, I felt the drain on my energy increase. Channeling her ability, numbers filled my head, and I instinctively chose the right ones that would help me fold space. Not too far. Just inside the door. Shifting, I reappeared with my gun ready. The dark room stank like blood, sw...